Kurowski--great article with one glaring error ...

[NewHampshireDem]

I myself have no real quarrel with flip-flopping. In one of the earliest known indictments of the anally-retentive, Benjamin Franklin called consistency "the hob-goblin of little minds." But since some on the right so obviously do have a problem, I think it only fair we let them know about George.

It was Emerson, not Franklin, who originated that quote. It appears in his essay Self-Reliance. Here's the full line:

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Note that Emerson said it is "a foolish consistency," and not all consistency, that haunts the little mind. Too bad you didn't use the whole quote, since * is certainly an exemplar of the "little statesmen" Emerson derides.

All in all, great article--but you and I both know someone on the other side is going to see that error and mislabel all of us based on it.

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[Virginian]

3. Great article

I think this is a Republican trap, another of their little dirty tricks.

They use half truths to accuse Kerry of doing what they are more guilty of.

If you defend Kerry they use your own arguments against you when you say, "Hey, wait a minute, Bush is doing it worse."

It seems like another of those little "bully" games they play. Watch what they accuse Kerry (and Edwards) of and then take a good long look at what they are doing. You will find that the attack ads are on things that they are guilty of themselves.